Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-10

oldest living rector OF Trinity church. will
by invitation preach the sermon on that oc-
Winnipeg give the lie to the saying that
streets are empty and the churches full.
There Is said to be church accommod alton
for $1,000 in n population Of 5000, aud il is
utilized. There is no street car traffic, all
places OF business are closed. and the peope
njoy one day Of true rest.
There arrived in San Francisco few DAYS
ago from Japan a tall, aristocratic woman
clad In black flowing robes bound at the
waist by broad leather belt She proved to
church I'm Japan. She Is the Countess Olga
Pontatine. member Of a noble Russian
family. Some years ago she was in attend
sn ance on the czarina OF Russia, but finally en-
health and Is now on her way to ST. Peters
burg.
The congregational society of the Pacific
coast employs twenty-,wo American teachers
ana eleven Chinese assistants. 1t has five
SCHOOLS IN san Francisco and fourteen else
where; Last year the pupils numbered 1878.
Ihe chinese converted in these schools join
the congregational Association of Christian
Chinese the conditions of membership being
the same as to church. The association has
42O members, III being also members of
churches. Last year its contributions were
$l,937l5.
Sunday. October 9, will be the thirty-ffth
u
church for deaf mutes, in New York. In
speaking of this event DR.. Galaudet, the
rector, says. ut was the first church in
Christendom to undertake systematic pastor
seats and frequent services on Sundays and
week days, and with its special sign service
for deaf mutes. 1t has ministered to large
number of people.
Says correspondent of The Philadelphia
Record VI have been spending some days
at Nazareth, Penn, where the Moravians
eolonized under the lead of Count Iipzen-
dorf as far back as 17il, and 1 have been
amazed at the patient zeal and self-denying
labors of the pioneers of that day. The old
Enhrata house lwhOse foundations George
Whlteiield laid) built IN I74l-i2. is as strong
as w, when iirst erected, and looks as If it
Inzendorf's castle" erected in 1867, is
still an imposing edifice, and its massive
beams and walls bid fair to last centuries.
The beautiful, thrifty village of Nazareth
seems still to be pcmeated with the spirit of
It's founders, and more charming spot for
summer rest could not be found. The for
est trees still shade its streets; the Sisters
uOuse' yet faces a maidenly row of poplars;
the pines and beeches keep guard over the
quiet cemetery grounds, in when the dead
repose under the plalnest of burial stones;
the trombonists still continue to lead the
funeral professions, and the only modern
innovation seems to be the battalion of gray
uniformed cadets of Nazareth hall, the
school which the Moravians have conducted
with 80 much conscientious care for more
than century, and among whose pupils my
own son Is enrolled. 1t has always seemed
to me strange that no rich man has arisen to
endow Nazareth hall (Which gave the union
army five generals during the late war and
contributed three to the confederate side),
or the Girls school and MOravian college and
Theological seminary at Bethlehem. These
institutions have sent out many thousands
of educated men and women during the
century, that has passed since they were
founded, but the property they owned has
been earned by them, and in the matter of
benefactiOns the world has passed them by"